<H1><FONT size=4>Bush to Travel to Asia for APEC Meeting</FONT></H1><H2><FONT size=3></FONT></H2><!-- END HEADLINE/DECK & SUBHEADLINE/SUBDECK --><P><FONT size=1><!-- START WRITER CREDIT--></FONT></P><P><FONT size=1>Monday, October 17, 2005<!-- END WRITER CREDIT--></FONT></P><!-- end #contentheader --><!-- <hr> now part of stylesheet <hr noshade size="1" color="#CCC" />--><!-- START STORY --><DIV class=clear> </DIV><DIV><!-- START OBJECT THUMBS AREA--><TABLE><TR><TD><DIV><UL><LI class=print><a href="http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?file=/n/a/2005/10/17/national/w075315D32.DTL&type=printable" target="_blank" >Printable Version</A> <LI class=mail><a href="http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?file=/n/a/2005/10/17/national/w075315D32.DTL&type=friend&emailcolor=%237D3DDE&origin=http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi%3Ff%3D%2Fn%2Fa%2F2005%2F10%2F17%2Fnational%2Fw075315D32.DTL" target="_blank" >Email This Article</A> </LI></UL></DIV></TD></TR><TR><TD><DIV></DIV><!-- end #additionalcontent --></TD></TR></TABLE><FONT size=2><b><P><H3></H3>
</b></FONT><FONT size=2><P>(10-17) 20:46 PDT WASHINGTON, (AP) -- <P><P>President Bush will travel to Asia next month with stops in Japan, China, Mongolia and South Korea for the Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation summit.</P><P><P>The White House noted that Bush will be the first sitting U.S. president ever to visit Mongolia. White House press secretary Scott McClellan said the president was going at the invitation of President Nambariin Enkhbayar.</P><P><P>Bush plans to begin the trip in Kyoto, Japan, on Nov. 15-16, meeting with Prime Minister Junichiro Koizumi.</P><P><P>Bush then is to travel to South Korea, where he will meeting with President Roh Moo-Hyun on Nov. 17 and then attend the APEC summit in the southern city of Busan on Nov. 18-19. McClellan said Bush will discuss free trade, economic growth and security cooperation.</P><P><P>Bush is scheduled to visit Beijing on Nov. 19. He then plans to travel to Ulaanbaatar, Mongolia, where he'll meet with Enkhbayar on Nov. 21.</P><P><a href="http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/n/a/2005/10/17/national/w075315D32.DTL" target="_blank" >http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/n/a/2005/10/17/national/w075315D32.DTL</A></P></FONT></DIV>